Power gamers! What is your most OP Charname possible (legally, no mods)?
Klorox
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If you choose, include your party of (up to) 5 NPCs.
This is for BGEE ONLY, not any expansions.
This is for BGEE ONLY, not any expansions.
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Keep in mind though that without mods, the game is so easy that small differences in "power" don't actually come into effect much.
Anyway, she wields Quarterstaffs with Grandmastery, 19 Str and DUHM. This gives her something like 21-22 Str at the endgame. Dual at level 6 for 4x backstab, and you can get some massive numbers for BG1. Dual to 7 or 13 in SoA for long-time, because of the extra HP and APR, but you won't get 4x backstab in BGEE without an XP cap: you end up about 14k short.
My personal best was Aec'Letec for 150 damage with Aule's Staff. I killed him in 2 hits.
This is a screen of her Record sheet. She is Thief 10 due to removing the XP cap, but the stats are all legit.
My usual party is: Dorn, Shar-Teel (Dualled: Thief), Viconia, Xzar (Dualled: Cleric), Edwin, but dropping Viconia might be advisable in terms of pure powergaming, since Xzar is a much better Cleric. Exchange her for Kagain, Baeloth or another suitable NPC.
-set traps, hide in shadows and backstab (+extraordinary str and especialization) , then run (with boots of speed) and repeat the process is unbeatable.
+ archers would be NOT EVEN FUNNY because it would kill everything with massive spamm of arrows
coran kivan montaron shar-teel jaheira with throwing daggers for apr and range with some healing but doesn't really matter you could go for minsc with bow
No contest here really. I play no-reload games only. No one has the durability of a fighter/mage. You have the best AC and other protections (full plate level base AC with Spirit Armor + Blur + Prot Evil + Stoneskin + Mirror Image + Wraithform (situationally) + Globes of Invulnerability etc.)
I almost never load up on offense spells with the fighter mage.
Only protections and anti-mage spells.
It does not matter how overpowered you are or what your DPS is for the 99 out of 100 vanilla encounters. It does matter if you are strong enough to survive that ONE nasty encounter that would kill you and your party.
Fighter/mage!
A well balanced party benefits most from a *specialist* (read: sorcerer) that solves your singular worst problems, even at the risk of sitting idle most of the time.
(Still, fighter/mage is just more fun and heroic.)
Most necro spells don't help the f/m and shorty saves are HUGE (esp in a no-reloads).
This is my entirely legitimate rolled Cadfael Screen shot by the end of Shadows of Amn. I rolled him with a 16 Dex. He ultimately brought it up to 17 Dex but lost 2 Dex because of Plot Circumstances. However, look at that Charisma score. It's entirely his now with no magical equipment, and he still has a +2 Sword of Roses for his charisma if he decides to equip it. AND he hasn't even finished Watcher's Keep.
Why they would do so in a thread labeled "Power gamers!" I will never know, though.
Anyone with some actual arguments to back up their choices? I know too little about BG1 to make a qualified assessment, but there's surely tons of things one could consider on the OP's question.
Bhelen though, don't get me started. He's a smart guy, but he's also a huge asshole.
Concerning Dragon Age: I always pick Bhelen. While Harrowmont is unarguably the better person, he utterly ruins Orzammar according to the epilogue.
Half-orc Cleric/Thief
Assassin 2/Fighter Grandmaster in Darts (and Hasted? forget it)
are some of the most powerful builds I've tried.